New Zealand racism and unearned guilt

by Olivia Pierson on May 2, 2018 at 9:15am

I’ve lived in this country for over 40 odd years, mostly in areas that would be called white middle-class suburbs. I went to a very middle-class girls high-school and have held down jobs in a wide variety of fields of employment. I have a circle of friends from many different backgrounds, but never once have I met someone who could truly be called a flat-out racist, i.e, someone who really hates people of a different ethnicity.

And yet, if Susan Devoy - and now Kate Hawkesby - are to be believed, NZ hides a horribly racist . . .

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